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[AndrewisFTTW]

I don't know why I thought of this but I just remembered that the first CD that I bought with my own money was the soundtrack to the first Pokemon movie. The second was Astro Lounge by Smash Mouth. I was wondering if anybody else remembered their first purchases and if they were as dumb as mine.

[Awaclus]

I think it was this album:

[jsh357]

They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18, then Violent Femmes s/t, then Arcade Fire's Funeral. Can't remember exact purchases after those.  I still love all three of those albums, so I think I had pretty good taste 10 years ago.

[Twistedarcher]

First cd I had was astro lounge, first one I purchased was probably something on iTunes.

[Archetype]

Arcade Fire's Funeral.

That album is awesome.

I think the first CD I bought (on iTunes) was Owl City's The Midsummer Station. It's OK.

[yuma]

Hootie and the Blowfish....

?? Why ??

I don't know.... I blame my father.

[Lekkit]

I think it most likely was The Knife and Deep Cuts by The Knife. Deep Cuts is still one of my favorite albums.

[AndrewisFTTW]

So I'm the only one with the ridiculous first album purchase? Thanks guys!

[Kuildeous]

My first purchase was Van Halen's 1984. I played the hell out of that tape.

[Donald X.]

Abbey Road, on vinyl.

[Eevee]

Eminem - The Eminem show. Still love it!

[KingZog3]

Era Vulgaris by Queens of the Stone Age. Probably a Foo Fighters CD after that, Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace.

[Tables]

I think me and my brother went half and half on getting a Linkin' Park album when we were young. I don't think I liked it much (he probably talked me into it, big brothers, ugh).

After that... I barely ever bought music. As in, I don't think I ever did. Wasn't really my thing. It wouldn't surprise me if the second album I bought (and so first I bought on my own) was Open Up Your Heart by Opaque Nature, while I was at uni.

[Geronimoo]

Music can be purchased? Weird.

Actually my first CD was Brothers in Arms by the Dire Straits

[Kirian]

My first album was Apollo 18, but it was a gift.  It was also on cassette.  My first purchase might well have been Flood on CD.  I've never been into (popular) music enough that the memories would be important enough.  (I'm assuming you're only caring about popular music here, right?  Because I might well have had several classical albums as well.)

Abbey Road, on vinyl.

Looks like we got ourselves a hipster, boys.

[AndrewisFTTW]

Abbey Road, on vinyl.

I just stole that from my dad.

I think after those two COs I got some Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, and Nirvana.

[KingZog3]

Abbey Road, on vinyl.

I just stole that from my dad.

I think after those two COs I got some Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, and Nirvana.

You mean Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Foo Fighters.

[AndrewisFTTW]

Abbey Road, on vinyl.

I just stole that from my dad.

I think after those two COs I got some Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, and Nirvana.

You mean Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Foo Fighters.

I played after Dave Grohl on stage once. We made eye contact backstage. True story.

EDIT: And Henry Rollins introduced us. I have the video to prove it.

EDIT2: So suck it, Zog.

[KingZog3]

Abbey Road, on vinyl.

I just stole that from my dad.

I think after those two COs I got some Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, and Nirvana.

You mean Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Foo Fighters.

I played after Dave Grohl on stage once. We made eye contact backstage. True story.

EDIT: And Henry Rollins introduced us. I have the video to prove it.

EDIT2: So suck it, Zog.

I'm so jelly. Should have high fived him though.

[Donald X.]

Abbey Road, on vinyl.

Looks like we got ourselves a hipster, boys.

I bought it at a "record store." Sure I could have gotten it on 8-track, but man, that wasn't sticking around.

[AndrewisFTTW]

Abbey Road, on vinyl.

Looks like we got ourselves a hipster, boys.

I bought it at a "record store." Sure I could have gotten it on 8-track, but man, that wasn't sticking around.

I can understand people buying records these days, I have a small record collection. But tapes? Are you people serious?

[ycz6]

I think Arcade Fire's Funeral was my first purchase too, actually, though I would have to re-download iTunes to make sure.

[Kirian]

Abbey Road, on vinyl.

Looks like we got ourselves a hipster, boys.

I bought it at a "record store." Sure I could have gotten it on 8-track, but man, that wasn't sticking around.

I would totally make a comment here about age, but I think I'm closer to your age than I am to the median age on the forum...

It's interesting that vinyl lasted ~60 years, 8-tracks and cassettes lasted about ten years each, but CDs are still hanging around despite being outclassed by digital.

[Donald X.]

I would totally make a comment here about age, but I think I'm closer to your age than I am to the median age on the forum...

It's interesting that vinyl lasted ~60 years, 8-tracks and cassettes lasted about ten years each, but CDs are still hanging around despite being outclassed by digital.

When I bought that album, the money I spent didn't come from an ATM, and the clerk didn't scan a barcode to see what it cost. The store didn't sell any alternative rock, for some reason. If I had to cross the street outside, there was no little guy or red hand to indicate when the cars would be coming. That was just the world we lived in; we didn't know any better.

Wax cylinders had ~30 years in the limelight. The path there is straightforward, vinyl was just better than wax and CDs are just better than tapes.

At this point the beauty of a CD is that it's a physical artifact, a possession you can hold and hey there are some pictures and maybe lyrics, so you don't have to google them. I like the physical artifact.

[Ozle]

Charles and Eddie  - NYC
Shaggy - Oh Carolina

And the first album

Possibly Ocean Colour Scene - Mosely Shoals
Followed by Oasis - Definately Maybe

[Lekkit]

So I'm the only one with the ridiculous first album purchase? Thanks guys!

I thought some more about this, and it turns out the music I've bought physically is The Knife and a BUNCH of weird Russian music bought in Ukraine and Latvia. Most of them bought because there was a funky guy on the case.







^That guy has the best song ever. I have no idea what it's about, but a Russian speaking guy I know translated the title of the song to Green Eyed Taxi.

[Thisisnotasmile]

Then:






My taste in music is a bit different now... Also, I own nearly 300 physical CDs and I'm not gonna stop any time soon. There's more to an album than just the music, and unless I own all of it I don't feel like I really own it.

[AndrewisFTTW]

My taste in music is a bit different now... Also, I own nearly 300 physical CDs and I'm not gonna stop any time soon. There's more to an album than just the music, and unless I own all of it I don't feel like I really own it.

Yeah I'm kind of a collector, I own around 1,000 CDs. No smurfs though, sadly.

[cayvie]

I convinced my parents to get me a New Kids on the Block cassette in first grade. I don't remember which one, but it had "Hangin' Tough" I think? I didn't ever listen to it, I just wanted to be able to say I had it at school.

My second purchase was Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One in 1997.

[greatexpectations]

[Jorbles]

Pretty sure it was Big Shiny Tunes 2, which for those of you who aren't Canadian is a compilation of MuchMusic's (Canadian MTV) big hits of the year. To make Andrew feel better, it had Smash Mouth's "Walking on the Sun" on it.

I'm jealous that Lekkit discovered the Knife so early. Great album, but I'm not from Europe where the Knife is a bigger deal, so I guess my tastes had different things to shape it, like Our Lady Peace and the Matthew Good Band (pretty sure those were the next couple of albums I owned).

[AndrewisFTTW]

Yes! I can't remember which one of those I listened to most but Punk-O-Ramas introduced me to Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, H2O, Agnostic Front, Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Cramps... that was a good time in my life.

[greatexpectations]

Yes! I can't remember which one of those I listened to most but Punk-O-Ramas introduced me to Rancid, Dropkick Murphys, H2O, Agnostic Front, Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Cramps... that was a good time in my life.

i would add bad religion, the bouncing souls, nofx, and osker to that! but otherwise i agree entirely. this series was definitely influential. the $4-$5 price point certainly helped, especially for someone right about the age of high school freshman.

[AndrewisFTTW]

Of course the Bouncing Souls and NOFX, though I never got too into Osker. How I Spent My Summer Vacation and Punk in Drublic are classics! Did you ever get into the Give Em the Boot comps? Hellcat actually had ska bands like The Slackers and The Pietasters, who I used to play drums for.

[AndrewisFTTW]

I remember sitting in my middle school cafeteria with my "punk" friends and seeing the cover to Punk-O-Rama 4 (the one with the kid with the black eye) and thinking "holy shit this punk thing is serious!"

[greatexpectations]

Of course the Bouncing Souls and NOFX, though I never got too into Osker. How I Spent My Summer Vacation and Punk in Drublic are classics!

the bouncing souls were definitely a favorite. i'm technically a jersey boy and bouncing souls and bigwig were really big in our circle back then.
 

Did you ever get into the Give Em the Boot comps? Hellcat actually had ska bands like The Slackers and The Pietasters, who I used to play drums for.

it looks like i've got 3 and 6. i can't say i've listened to them much at all though. most of the songs that look even vaguely familiar are from tim armstrong in some form. did you drum for both? i believe slackers are playing at fest this year so there is a chance so there is a chance i might see them.

[AndrewisFTTW]

Never played with The Slackers but I almost did! I kinda know all those guys although most of them don't remember me even after meeting me over and over again.

If you're going to Fest that must mean you live in FL? Or on the east coast somewhere?

[greatexpectations]

If you're going to Fest that must mean you live in FL? Or on the east coast somewhere?

upstate ny. people come from all over though, its definitely not just a florida / east coast thing. i'm not 100% in yet but i'd like to go. i went two years ago and it was a pretty great weekend.

[AndrewisFTTW]

Cool man I've never been but I'm not so much into punk anymore, or at least what passes for punk these days. The Pietasters got offered to play The Fest two years ago and the guys in the band turned it down. They also turned down tours with The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and DKM. So frustrating. I'm doing a long tour at the end of the year playing ska/reggae. I'll let you know if we're playing upstate.

[Jack Rudd]

I think my first CD purchase was More ABBA Gold. Make of that what you will.

[AndrewisFTTW]

Absolutely nothing wrong with ABBA.

[markusin]

For a long time, I just absorbed what my older brother listened to. His first CD, which he received as a gift, was Metallica's S&M album. That may have set the direction of our musical taste for the rest of our Lives.

The first (edit: and probably last) music CD I decided to get on my own was Deftones' White Pony album. I'd say that album is too depressing for it's own good, even at that time.

[ashersky]

Young Guns II soundtrack was my first CD.  Had Blaze of Glory by Bon Jovi on it.

I don't know what my first cassette was.  Probably old country, like George Jones.

[pingpongsam]

Beastie Boys - License to Ill

on cassette

because they didn't make CDs back then.

Actually, I would get $2 for cleaning my room and we would go to Wal-Mart (back when Wal-Mart was not the corporate monolith it is today and everything in the store was domestically produced) and I would buy a 45rpm single/b-side. No idea what I got first in that. I recall getting Queen - We will rock you with Bohemian Rhapsody B-side and David Lee Roth - Bright Lights City Lights and Pat Benatar - Hit me With your Best Shot.

[Max7272sp]

Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (edited version, obviously).

Also, the Macarena (so ashamed).